Best shows of 2010 and 2011

FINAL NIGHT O2: IMO, except It´s hard letting you go (This song saved that dissapointing night), Bullet, TD and the 1st time playing BOG this tour, nothing + special.

Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
In These Arms
When We Were Beautiful
Blaze of Glory
Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
We Got It Goin' On
Bad Medicine / Old Time Rock & Roll(with Kid Rock)
Lay Your Hands on Me(Richie Sambora vocals)
Bed of Roses
Diamond Ring
I'll Be There For You
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night(Acoustic)
Bullet
It's My Life
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Keep the Faith

Encore:
Have a Nice Day
Wanted Dead or Alive
These Days
(It's Hard) Letting You Go
I Love This Town
Livin' on a Prayer

It has to be either Sydney 3, London, or Edinburgh.

Well you're as entitled to your opinion as I am, but as well as those mentioned, Diamond Ring, OTRNR with Kid Rock, and SIBSN Acoustic were pretty special for me.

Simply amazing, Hard Rock Calling 25th June 2011

01. Raise Your Hands
02. You Give Love a Bad Name
03. Born To Be My Baby
04. We Weren’t Born To Follow
05. Lost Highway
06. It’s My Life
07. In These Arms
08. Blaze of Glory
09. Lay On Hands On Me
10. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen from Mars
11. Bad Medicine / Pretty Woman / Shout (teaser)
12. Hallelujah
13. When We Were Beautiful
14. I’ll be There For You
15. Who Says You Can’t Go Home
16. Sleep When I’m Dead
17. Hey God
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Keep the faith

1º Encore:
20. Dry County
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Someday I’ll be Saturday Night
23. Livin’ On a Prayer

2º Encore:
24. Always
25. These Days
26. Blood on Blood

3º Encore:
27. I Love This Town

Went to all but two of the O2 and Paris gigs last year, Edinburgh, Manchester, HRC and bith Dublin this year...


My favourite would be Paris last year. Only rarity was Let it Rock (frigging amazing rarity though). But it was more than that it was the crowd and performance. Awesome. Proper rock gig.

Do not forget H O N O L U L U

Night 1
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Roulette
Shot Through the Heart
When We Were Beautiful
Whole Lot Of Leavin'
Superman Tonight
We Got It Goin' On
It's My Life
Bad Medicine
(You Want To) Make A Memory
Diamond Ring
Bed of Roses
Work for the Working Man
Have a Nice Day
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Love's the Only Rule

Encore:
Tokyo Road
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer

Night 2
Lost Highway
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Get Ready
Only Lonely
Thorn in My Side
When We Were Beautiful
Whole Lot Of Leavin'
Superman Tonight
We Got It Goin' On
It's My Life
Bad Medicine
Hallelujah
I'll Be There For You
Brokenpromiseland
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Love's the Only Rule

Encore:
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer

Been to three shows so far in 2010 and 2011:

The O2, London July 17 - it was a great show, because of Blood Money, Diamond Ring, Richie's vocials on Homebound Train, Love For Sale for example.

Helsinki, this year - great because of the GC tickets, Wild Is the Wind and the band being totally on fire. Also, I had been worried about Richie of course, and seeing him back on stage and doing one superb show made it special.

But the highlight is the Hard Rock Calling gig in London this year! I had decided on spending the day doing some sightseeing instead of lining up early - I had regular GA tix and not GC so I knew I'd end up in the far back anyhow. Despite standing really far back, this show ROCKED. The audience was great. Many knew the words to songs like Dry County for example and were amazing from the beginning. They opened with Raise Your Hands in Helsinki and I 'really' wanted to have that song as an opener in London too - it does work well early on in the set. I have heard RYH before this tour as well, but it does work much much better as an opener than further on in the set in my opinion. That triggered me from the start. The audience, awesome like I just said. The band was absolutely amazing. And I got a few songs I really wanted to hear as well:

Halleluja - one cover very few people do justice. And I've always said that Jon is one who does manage to sing it really well. A highlight for me!

More importantly: Dry County and These Days! First time, both of them, for me. Amazing versions too. Those two are two of my top three 'want to hear live sometime songs' som I was in heaven. Both of them hold special significance for me, both lyrically and emotionally and have helped me through some of the tougher times I've had so it's no wonder they blew me away.

I 'really' liked Always this night too, it sounded much better than the last time I heard it live.

I hadn't planned on going to any more gigs this tour, but since I'm still feeling high from this gig in London, I acutally decided to book a trip - on my own - to see them one more time in Barcelona next week.

Final O2 show and Hard Rock Calling

2011 Jun 30 - Ireland - Dublin - RDS Arena

1. BOUNCE
2. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
3. WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW
4. LOST HIGHWWAY
5. HAPPY NOW
6. IN THESE ARMS
7. IT'S MY LIFE
8. BLAZE OF GLORY
9. DAMNED
10. RAISE YOUR HANDS
11. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD ~ Start Me Up
12. BAD MEDICINE ~ Roadhouse Blues ~ Vertigo
13. (YOU WANT TO) MAKE A MEMORY
14. I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
15. NEVER SAY GOODBYE (acoustic)
16. SQUEEZEBOX
17. LOVE FOR SALE
18. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME
19. SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT
20. BLOOD ON BLOOD
21. HAVE A NICE DAY
22. KEEP THE FAITH

Encore 1
23. HEY GOD
24. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
25. I LOVE THIS TOWN
26. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

Encore 2
27. ALWAYS
28. LOVE'S THE ONLY RULE

October 3, 2010, Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina

01. Blood On Blood
02. We Weren't Born To Follow
03. You Give Love A Bad Name
04. Born To Be My Baby
05. Lost Highway
06. In These Arms
07. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
08. Who Says You Can't Go Home
09. Superman Tonight
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. It's My Life
12. Bad Medicine - Pretty Woman - Shout
13. Lay Your Hands On Me (Richie Sambora Vox)
14. Always
15. Blaze Of Glory
16. I'll Be There For You
17. Raise Your Hands
18. Runaway
19. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Rockin' All Over The World
20. Keep The Faith

Encore I

21. Dry County
22 Wanted Dead Or Alive
23. Livin' On A Prayer

Encore II

24. These Days

Encore III

25. Have A Nice Day
26. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

Encore IIII

27. Bed Of Roses

I was expecting for these guys to come to my country for all my life and what a show we had... The band and the crowd were beyond amazing... Words can't describe what I felt in those 3 hours